Kevin McCarthy: "I call it the 'Seinfeld' shutdown because it's a shutdown about nothing."

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Democrats say negotiations over health insurance tax credits are necessary immediately to prevent millions of people from facing higher premiums.
52% : [of] where Republicans were in 2013," when some GOP lawmakers pressed for a spending bill that would roll back the Affordable Care Act, while Democrats pushed for a "clean" bill to fund the government.
42% : This year, Republicans are the ones pushing for a clean bill that would keep the government open at existing spending levels, while Democrats are asking for extensions to expiring health insurance subsidies and a rollback of Medicaid restrictions passed earlier this year.

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